matter
/ˈmætɚ/ sustantivo A1En español: materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
- Anything with mass and volume.
- Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- A kind of substance. · vegetable matter
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines. · He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
- Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic. · Something is the matter with him.· The diplomats met to discuss state matters.
- An approximate amount or extent. · I stayed for a matter of months.
- Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue. · Please find attached an invoice for three outstanding matters.
Plural matters
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“What’s the matter?
“Why, yes, he is actually insolent over the matter—has already offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage, and proffered me a loan of money, as though he were a banker.”
“What’s the matter now?” demanded Marilla.
What avails recrimination over matters wholly past recall?
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